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The Zambezi Delta represents one of the world's last and best opportunities to save a functioning river delta. Across Africa and throughout the worl d, deltaic systems are key biodiversity hotspots
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MAPUTO — Mozambique's government has refused to let mining giant Rio Tinto use the Zambezi River to transport coal to the Indian Ocean for export, the deputy mining minister said on Friday The southern African country's environment ministry worried the operation might harm the ecosystem, Deputy Minister Abdul Razak told AFP.
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The Zambezi is Africa's fourth largest river and flows from north western Zambia through Angola, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe and finally into the ocean in Mozambique. The river supports two of southern Africa's largest Hydro- electrical power stations one at Kariba on the Zimbabwe - Zambia Border and one at Cabora-Bassa in Mozambique.
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The coal area in the Tete province, in far north-western Mozambique, is a periphery within a country that is admittedly on the periphery of the global economy. Managing supplies and transporting a bulky product like coal out of this area was always going to be a major concern.
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The Mozambican government has rejected, on environmental grounds, the plan by the Australian company Riversdale to transport coal to the sea by barging it down the Zambezi river.
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Rio had acquired Riversdale mining for $3.7 billion in 2011, on the premise it would be able to barge 30 million tonnes of coal per year down the Zambezi river, and rail a further 12-15 million ...
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The Chinese steel group would have the right to buy 40% of the coking coal produced from the Zambeze project, which has a nine-billion ton resource, and at least 10% of the coking coal produced ...
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International Coal Ventures Ltd, a joint venture of state-run firms, today said the first shipment of coal from its recently-acquired Mozambique mine .. We have updated our terms and conditions and privacy policy Click "Continue" to accept and continue with ET EnergyWorld.
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projects in contiguously-located coal tenements in Mozambique. Id. ¶ 50. These coal projects were located in areas of Mozambique believed to have large amounts of "hard coking" coal, which is rarer and more valuable than "thermal" coal. Id. ¶¶ 49-50, 55. At an August 2010 meeting of the Investment Committee, the CEO of Rio Tinto's
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Until early last year, Anglo-Australian miner Rio Tinto had ambitious plans to ship coal down the Zambezi by barge from its giant Benga pit in Mozambique. The project would have entailed navigating...
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The Benga coal mine is owned by International Coal Ventures Limited (ICVL), a consortium 65 percent owned by Indian government-owned companies and 35 percent owned by Tata Steel, a subsidiary of Tata Group, in Tete Province, Mozambique.. The mine closed in 2018 but restarted production with a three stage mine plan: 2.4 million tonnes per annum, with plans to increase production to 5.3 million ...
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The country is mostly coastal lowlands, with uplands in the center, high plateaus (rising to 800 to 2,000 feet) in the northwest, and mountains (6,000 to 8,000 feet) in the west. The northern part of Mozambique is rugged, where mountains may reach a height of more than 8,000 feet. Africa's fourth longest river, the Zambezi, divides Mozambique ...
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Features of a Proposed Coal Slurry Pipeline (ARUP) • Use fresh water from Zambezi river or sea water from the ocean • Closing loop system, minimise water loss. • Particle size of at least 4 to 7 mm for fresh water transport and up to 50mm for seawater (dense medium) transport. • Pipeline slurry of 50 to 60% solid by weight.
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Editor's Note: The following is the second installment of a series assessing the infrastructure required for southern Africa — South Africa, Mozambique and Botswana — to capitalize on its coal production potential. Mozambique is poised to become a significant coal exporter. With an estimated 23 billion tons of reserves, the Zambezi coal basin in central Mozambique could produce as much as ...
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Australian-listed Riversdale Mining will sell a 40 percent stake in its Zambeze coal project in Mozambique to China's third-largest steelmaker Wuhan Iron and Steel Corp for $800 million, sending ...
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Macauhub reports that the Portuguese construction group Mota-Engil has been hired to build a rail-road between Moatize in Tete province Mozambique, and Macuse on the Zambezia province coast in Mozambique, where a deep-water port will be built for the export of coal.
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Mozambique is a country in Southern Africa. ... tantalite (used in making steel), beryl, copper, and bauxite, among others. There is some coal mining in the plateau region, and extensive deposits of natural gas have been discovered offshore. The country has vast amounts of timber. ... Flooding in the Zambezi River valley caused major ...
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Introduction Background . Almost five centuries as a Portuguese colony came to a close with independence in 1975. Large-scale emigration, economic dependence on South Africa, a severe drought, and a prolonged civil war hindered the country's development until the mid 1990s.The ruling Front for the Liberation of Mozambique (Frelimo) party formally abandoned Marxism in 1989, and a new ...
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Coking coal imports to Poland increased 12% to 2.7 million mt in 2015 on the year earlier, according to a recent presentation from Polski Koks, a unit of Polish coking coal miner JSW Group. Australia's share of imports grew to 59% in 2015 from 51% in 2014, with the US accounting for 14%, up from 12% in 2014.
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Mozambique has undertaken significant efforts in recent years to electrify the country. The electrification rate has increased from 5% in 2001 to 29% in 2019 [1]. In 2022, it increased to 44% [2] from 34% in 2020. [3] Access to electricity, however, remains low and is mainly focused on urban areas.
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13 The Moatize coal mine in the northern province of Tete is believed to hold an estimated 2.4 billion tons of coal reserves, and its rights to rehabilitation were awarded to the Brazilian company Vale do Rio Doce in 2004. ... 32 'China and Mozambique invest in the Zambezi Valley to make Chinese 'grain store', says researcher', Macau ...
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Mozambique will overcome a shipping bottleneck to export its vast coal deposits by finding ways for barges to navigate the Zambezi River, the transport minister said in a report Thursday. "The discussion about the navigability of the Zambezi is unnecessary, because it will have to be used.
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Mozambique has taken another step to fulfil the objective of providing comprehensive railway links between the country's rich coal fields in its inland Tete province and harbours on the coast ...
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Emerging midtier mining company Riversdale Mining is expecting the bankable feasibility study of its Benga coal project, in Mozambique, to be completed by the end of this quarter, with full...
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ew initiatives to unlock wealthin Mozambique's Zambezi River valley are well underway, opening prospects for private investment in the heart of the country. The initiatives include: A bold decision by the Mozambique government to take the lead by making a start on the rehabilitation of the 552 kilometre Sena rail line that holds the
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Under pressure from mining giants Vale and Rio Tinto, Mozambique's national railway company CFM has worked to bolster the Sena line in advance of the rainy season. Last February coal exports of the two majors ground to a halt for three weeks because of damage caused to the line by heavy rainfall.
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the Benga and Zambezi projects. The two sites are estimated to hold 4 Gt and 9 Gt of coal reserves. ... The six coal basins in Mozambique which have potential for exploration and de velopment are:
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The Nacala railway, on the northern line, will run through Malawi and is expected to have the biggest capacity in southern Africa to haul coal down from the Zambezi river. Tawii said Vale was...
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Key Takeaways • Mozambique is a gateway to Zambia, Zimbabwe and Malawi with 650kt transiting through the country • 96% of fertilizers sold in Mozambique to Estates/ Concessions • Poor distribution system due to low demand 1kt Agro-dealers Mozambique Distribution Structure Nitrogen Manufacture
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Mozambique also benefits from a massive foreign-owned aluminum smelter and shipments to and from South Africa's industrial heartland through the Maputo port. But natural gas is the big driver of Mozambique's anticipated shift from being one of Africa's poorest and least advantaged nations to a potential position as a major source of new prosperity.
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Export coal on the move from Benga to Beira Maputo, Mozambique — 26 June 2012 - Anglo-Australian mining group Rio Tinto has started exporting coal mined at its Benga mine, in the Moatize district of Mozambique's Tete province, with the departure yesterday of the Genco Loire ship from Beira carrying 35,000t of coking coal.. Macauhub News Agency quotes Mozambican newspaper "Notícias ...
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This is according to the new newsletter, China-Lusophone Brief (CLBrief). The 639 km railway will transport coal from the mines of Moatize and Chitima in Tete to a new floating coal terminal off the coast at Macuse, Zambezia, just north of Quelimane. Project consortium
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There are today 3 coal port terminals in Mozambique with a current handling capacity of 31,5 million tones per year (Matola, Beira and Nacala a velha). With Beira coal terminal to increase it`s ...
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the Zambezi flows through the north-central and most fertile part of the country Area: total: 801,590 sq km land: 784,090 sq km water: 17,500 sq km Location: Southeastern Africa, bordering the Mozambique Channel, between South Africa and Tanzania Coastline: 2,470 km Area - comparative: slightly less than twice the size of California Irrigated land:
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For Rio Tinto, Another Africa Headache U.S. authorities examine timing of $3 billion charge in Mozambique, as company investigates Guinea payment Rio Tinto's plans to ship its Mozambique coal along...
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In January 2013, Rio Tinto marked down its coal operations in Mozambique by $3bn (£1.8bn, €2.2bn), partly owing to a failure to obtain a permit to ship coal by barge down Mozambique's Zambezi ...
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The operator of the Moatize-Beira railway that has been under repair for years, Caminhos de Ferro de Mocambique, is going to open the line in September. That will allow Brazilian giant Vale to start sending its coal to Moatize at a rate of 5 million tons per year from October onwards.
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Brazilian mining major Vale had fixed a vessel to carry a 70,000 mt (plus/minus 10%) metallurgical coal cargo from Nacala in Mozambique to Port Kembla in Australia loading between July 13 and 15, mark
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Rio's Benga coal mine project in Mozambique, due to begin output in November or December 2011, will ship about 5 million tons of unprocessed coal and may expand to 20 million tons. Mallyon also flagged that Rio may keep a larger stake than the 10 percent to 12 percent proposed by Riversdale in the proposed $1.3 billion Benga Power Plant.
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SYDNEY, Jan 18 (Reuters) - As Rio Tinto was edging closer to gaining majority control of little-known Mozambique coal explorer Riversdale Mining, the Anglo-Australian mining giant's chief executive...
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